Production Leader

About the role

The Production Leader at Georgia-Pacific's Naheola Facility in Pennington, AL is responsible for driving operational excellence in Wood Mill operations, focusing on safety, environmental stewardship, product quality, and long-term value creation. This role will lead teams to improve capability, optimize assets, and deliver sustainable performance aligned with PBM Guiding Principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives that improve safety, environmental compliance, and operational performance within woodyard operations
• Drive process and equipment improvements to enhance product quality and reduce variability and customer complaints
• Develop and coach team members to build capability and support continuous improvement efforts
• Apply and reinforce structured problem-solving tools and operational excellence principles
• Partner cross-functionally to develop and execute asset utilization and capital improvement strategies
• Deliver year-over-year improvements in productivity, cost management, and overall profitability

Requirements

• Experience leading operations in a pulp, paper, woodyard, or heavy industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience driving continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams to achieve performance improvements
• Experience working with manufacturing systems, processes, and equipment

Qualifications

• Experience working in a union manufacturing environment
• Experience supporting capital or asset optimization strategies
• Strong technical troubleshooting experience in woodyard, pulp, or paper operations

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Team leadership
• Problem-solving
• Continuous improvement
• Operational excellence

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Retail
• Education Assistance
• Infertility Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance

Pay

Compensation details are confidential and not publicly disclosed.

Schedule

Hours and schedule details are confidential and not publicly disclosed.